Nigel Farage insisted it was just a coincidence that his party’s latest slogan
“Love Britain Vote Ukip” was an eerie echo of the catch-phrase used by the
BNP at the last election. “To hell with the BNP... it’s our slogan now,” he
said.

As the BNP vote collapses, however, UKIP is hoping to win over its supporters.
Almost a million people voted for the far-right party at the last European
elections. Neil Hamilton, the deputy chairman says: “A lot of the BNP vote
wasn’t from solid BNP supporters, they just voted out of frustration, they
weren’t true BNP believers.”